Hi all, This is not a historical question, for which I apologise, but I thought if anyone had sensible opinions on this it would be the people on this list. I recently bought some fairly upmarket linen trousers for work (on sale of course J). It wasn't until after I wore them that I noticed the care label said 'dry clean only'. I don't have anything else that is dry clean only, so I'm not exactly in the habit of going to to the dry cleaners. I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to wash these trousers in the washing machine.
They are actually a linen-cotton blend, a very fine, crisp material with a slight slub. They are styled to take advantage of the crispness of the material (fine pleats around the waistband, turn ups, etc). I see no immediate cause why I should not wash them. I accept that they'll become very crumply, but I'm more willing to iron than I am to dryclean. Can anyone else think of a reason I shouldn't wash them? Thanks muchly, Claire _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
